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Chilkat RobeA17007

Chilkat style robe with woven designs and long fringe. The design is a three panel distributive. In the centre are two ancestor faces surrounded by a diving whale(?) motif. The side panels have ancestors faces in profile and a raven motif. The design is yellow, blue and black on natural ground. The two bottom corners have two rectangles with zigzags in black and yellow, associated with the identity of the weaver. There is long twisted fringe, on three sides, of mixed wool and cedar bark. On the top edge are two red flannel tabs with buttons and buttonholes for securing the robe around the neck. There is no cedar bark in the warp of this blanket.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingA3602

Very thick multi-strand ring of dark orange-red cedar bark rope. Braided appearance. Bundles of lengths of thin twisted cedar bark rope tied to the main ring in two places. Bundle of shredded cedar bark also tied to the main ring.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorative CordN3.41

A long white cylindrical silk cord that has a form at the centre created into an elaborate knot with five projecting loops. Below the loops, the knots form a cylinder with two side extensions.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tassel OrnamentN3.39

An ornament made of an elaborately knotted pink cord with a round silver box that has a swiveling lid and two tassels attached. Above the box, there is a loop, below which, there is a flat knotted lozenge shape. Below the box, there is a smaller looped pattern. The box is attached with an elaborate winged loop of silver. The box is inlaid with enamel in floral patterns of blue, blue-green, yellow, and purple with a coral bead inset on each side. Two tassels are attached below the second knotted design. They have multicoloured strands, and are wrapped at the top with gold thread that has a pattern picked out of the tassels’ strands on the surface of each wrapped area.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver metal, enamel, silk fibre, dye, gold metal and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tassel OrnamentN3.38

An ornament made of two elaborately knotted pink, green, and gold silk cords with two large tassels attached to each, all of which are suspended from two pink cords. Below the cords, there is an elaborate knotted design in pink, green, and gold, below which, there is a larger lozenge-shaped flat knotted shape. The tassels have strands grouped according to their colours: red, dark pink, yellow-green, yellow, and dark blue-purple which also show at the top of each tassel. Each is wrapped at the top with gold thread that has a pattern picked out of the tassels’ strands on the surface of each wrapped area.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.35

A small flat bag made of dark blue silk damask and yellow silk embroidered on both sides. At the top, the blue silk is sewn with an invisible seam to the white cotton lining. Main body of the bag is shaped like a vertical rectangle with triangular projections on both sides created by folding and holding the folds in place with a circular pink cylindrical cord. The centre front panel is embroidered with a pink peony, and the side points with yellow and pink peach flowers, each with five petals. The rectangular panel on the back is embroidered at the top with pink flowers on stems. The pink cord ends at the front with elaborate knots, culminating in three loops.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileN3.31

Long rectangle of white ramie with selvedges on both edges. Fold marks along length, and rust-coloured spots.

Culture
Korean
Material
ramie fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quilt PanelN3.30

Rectangular quilted panel. The front has parallel stripes in purple, yellow, red, green and pink. Among the stripes are red woven designs of peony, swastika, bat, floral motifs and Chinese characters. At one end is a wide dark blue band with red edging. The back is lined with light pink.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FlagN3.23

Handmade rendition of the Korean flag. Square flag of cream coloured silk-like fabric, with two ties in each corner. Designs are formed of coloured fabric inset into cut-out areas of the flag. At the centre is a disc with an S shape division at centre, dividing the disc into two swirls, one red and one dark blue, each tapering to a point at one end (yin-yang symbol). Radiating out from the disk towards the four corners are four sets of three dark blue bars, some broken and some solid. Clockwise from the top, the first is broken-solid-broken, the second is solid-solid-solid, the third is solid-broken-solid, and the fourth is broken-broken-broken.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, ramie fibre and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearN3.8

Under-trousers of very fine white cotton fabric with a sheen. Pants are angled out from the waistband to the ankles. Body of pants is pleated onto a wide waistband opening at the back. At each side of the waistband opening is attached a narrower long tie. Pleats face towards the centre, front and back. Crotch is low, ending above the knees, and open. On each side of the crotch opening is sewn an additional panel, extending from the lower edge of the front of the waistband to each side of the back opening. Panels overlap where they are attached to the front of the waistband so that one inserts into the other. The inner seams of the legs below the panels form convex curves, so that the pants are narrower at the ankles.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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